Opel and Chevrolet in Russia: history at a Glance

During the production time (from 2002 to 2014, inclusively) of Opel and Chevrolet, it was assembled in Russia more than 1.5 million vehicles of these brands. Since 2002 it was assembled at “GM-AvtoVAZ" 608.7 thousand units, since 2004 at "Avtotor" (574.1 thousand units) and since 2008 at the "General Motors" (341.6 thousand units).

The share of Opel and Chevrolet was 9.0% of the total produced passenger cars in Russia for this period.

The parc of the Russian Federation is now 1.5 million cars Chevrolet (more than 400 thousand of them – are under warranty) and 873 thousand cars Opel (more than 200 thousand are warranty cars). The share of parc of these brands in the total parc of passenger cars in Russia – is 6.0%.

At the end of 2014 in Russia there were 173 dealerships Opel and Chevrolet, among which it was 137 centers that sell both, 23 Chevrolet individual centers and 13 individual centers of Opel.

Only for 10 years, in Russia it was sold 2.1 million cars of brands Opel and Chevrolet. Peak of sales fell for 2008, when it was sold 333.5 thousand units, in the same year market share was the maximum (12.2%).

By the end of 2014 in Russia it was sold 188.2 thousand cars Opel and Chevrolet, which is less by 27% than the previous year.